In the wake of a new downturn on Wall Street, where the tech sector remains under pressure, European stock markets should open in scattered order on Friday.

On Thursday evening, Vinci published superior results to the forecasts for its 2025 financial year. Concerning 2026, The group of Construction and concessions foresees a “further increase in its turnover, operating results and net income share of the group”.

The banking group Société Générale has published On Friday, results were better than expected for the fourth quarter and announced a share repurchase program of 1.46 billion euros. For 2026, the bank expects net banking income to increase by around 2% and intends to accentuate the reduction of its costs. She plans to lower her operating coefficient under 60%.

Steel producer Aperam announced on Friday anticipate an increase in its adjusted gross operating surplus (Ebitda) in the first quarter of this year, compared to that carried out during the three last months of 2025, while the market environment remains difficult in Europe.

Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract won 0.1%, according to data from the broker IG.

This morning, as investors scrutinize Business news and on the geopolitical front, futures contracts on European indices move in a contrasting way. Around 7:40 a.m., the contract at term on the DAX 40 in Frankfurt rose by 0.1%, while the FTSE 100 at London was down 0.5%, according to data from broker IG.

American, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators came out of two days of talks in Abu Dhabi with what seems to be only modest progress towards reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, and almost none on the most difficult subject: the extent of the territory that Moscow and Kiev should control in the eastern region from Donbass.

Quoted by Russian state media, the spokesperson of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, said it was too early to assess the result of the discussions, which started earlier this week. The emissary American Steve Witkoff said he expected more progress in weeks to come.

While risk aversion has also As a result of a sharp drop in cryptocurrencies, the New York Stock Exchange has Lost ground again on Thursday, weighed down by technology stocks.
The Dow Jones index lost 1.2% to 48,908.72 points, as did the S&P 500, to 6,798.40 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological values, has dropped 1.6% to 22,540.59 points.
This third drop in a row led the S&P 500 to erase the gains collected since the beginning of the year. The index is now down by 0.7% since the beginning of January.
The rout of cryptocurrencies also intensified on Thursday, under the effect of of liquidations of positions in the sector, while the appointment of Kevin Warsh at the head of the Fed raises concerns about a less accommodative policy than planned. On Friday morning, Bitcoin lost 6.4% over 24 hours, to 65,811 dollars, according to CoinMarketCap.
After the close, the technology and e-commerce group Amazon released results slightly higher than expected for the past quarter, but indicated that it planned an envelope of 200 billion dollars for its investments this year, representing an acceleration of 56% over one year and significantly more than the $146.6 billion expected by analysts. Amazon stock lost over 11% in post-close trading.
In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended at 0.8% on Friday of session. The Shanghai Composite Index was stable, while the Hang Seng of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange fell by 1.1%.

The two-year stock exchange rate increased by 1.6 points base, at 3.48%. Around 7:40 a.m., the US Treasury bond rate at Ten years rose by 0.8 basis points to 4.19%.

The greenback lost 0.2% against the currency Japanese, at 156.81 yen. Around 7:40 a.m., the euro gained 0.2% to 1.1802 dollars.

This morning, oil prices are rising. The March contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose by 79 cents, or 1.3%, to 64.08 dollars per barrel. Around 7:40 a.m., the April contract on Brent The London-listed North Sea currency gained 76 cents, or 1.1%, to $68.31 a barrel.

ANZ Research analysts reported that Iran confirmed that he would hold talks with the United States, which calmed fears of an American military intervention that could threaten oil exports from this OPEC member country.

But “both parties remain very far apart, maintaining tensions at a high level. Cela should allow the geopolitical risk premium to continue.” they add.